The Chinaman
By: Friedrich Glauser
3.49
Format: 186 pages, Paperback
When, in later years, Sergeant Studer told the story of the Chinaman, he called it the story of thr…
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1. Les derniers jours de nos pères
By: Joël Dicker
3.83
Format: 333 pages, Paperback
Londres, 1940 Soucieux de pallier l'anéantissement de l'armée britannique à Dunkerque, Winston Chu… read more
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"Il sogno permette a chiunque di sopravvivere. Chi sogna non muore mai, perché non dispera mai. Sognare significa sperare."-Joël Dicker, Les derniers jours de nos pères
"-Siento todo este desbarajuste-. No era lo previsto ¿sabe? o quizás si. Ya no lo se. Ahora volverán ustedes a ser un pueblo libre, debería desearle buena suerte en su nueva vida... Pero la vida, seño…"-Joël Dicker, Les derniers jours de nos pères
"No, quella non era niente. Io parlo della paura ce ti stritola, che ti fa dormire male, vivere male, mangiare male. Che non ti dà tregua. La paura vera è quella dei braccati, dei perseguitati, dei ri…"-Joël Dicker, Les derniers jours de nos pères
"Vedrai, la cosa peggiore non sono i tedeschi né l'Abwehr; la cosa peggiore è l'umanità. Perché se dovessimo temere solo i nazisti sarebbe facile: i crucchi li riconosci a distanza, con il loro naso p…"-Joël Dicker, Les derniers jours de nos pères
2. A Very Special Year
By: Thomas Montasser , Jamie Bulloch
3.37
Format: 198 pages, Paperback
"It’s not particularly difficult to run a successful bookshop, thought Valerie: a grasp of the rudi… read more
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"Books are dangerous in a country where freedom does not exist."-Thomas Montasser, A Very Special Year
"A cabinet of fantasies, a source of knowledge, a collection of lore from past and present, a place to dream....a bookshop can be so many things."-Thomas Montasser, A Very Special Year
"Discovering a book meant freely rising above the demands of everyday life and uprooting your own existence from the here and now in order to plant it elsewhere."-Thomas Montasser, A Very Special Year
"The truth is that literature can grab hold of us and capture our entire attention. It can transport us to other worlds, free us from every day cares. We can lose ourselves in literature."-Thomas Montasser, A Very Special Year
3. Terror: Ein Theaterstück und eine Rede
By: Ferdinand von Schirach
4.21
Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition
Ein Terrorist kapert eine Passagiermaschine und zwingt die Piloten, Kurs auf ein voll besetztes Fuß… read more
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- german literature
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4. The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
By: Jasper Fforde
3.89
Format: 374 pages, Paperback
Great Britain circa 1985: time travel is routine, cloning is a reality (dodos are the resurrected p… read more
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- mystery
- fiction
"Mücken haben die blaue Ziege gestochen."-Jasper Fforde, The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
"The name is Schitt," he replied. "Jack Schitt."-Jasper Fforde, The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
"Take no heed of her.... She reads a lot of books."-Jasper Fforde, The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
"Religion isn't the cause of wars, it's the excuse."-Jasper Fforde, The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
5. The Solitude of Prime Numbers
By: Paolo Giordano , Shaun Whiteside
3.64
Format: 271 pages, Hardcover
A bestselling international literary sensation about whether a "prime number" can ever truly connec… read more
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"She was tired, with that tiredness that only emptiness brings."-Paolo Giordano, The Solitude of Prime Numbers
"No tenían nada en común, salvo el no querer estar allí ese día."-Paolo Giordano, The Solitude of Prime Numbers
"إن شعور المرء بكونه مميزا هو أسوأ أنواع الأقفاص التى يمكن للمرء أن يبنيه."-Paolo Giordano, The Solitude of Prime Numbers
"Denis's love for Mattia had burned itself out, like a forgotten candle in an empty room, leaving behind a ravenous discontent."-Paolo Giordano, The Solitude of Prime Numbers
6. Die Physiker
By: Friedrich Dürrenmatt
4.38
Format: 613 pages, Paperback
Mobius, ein umworbener weil genialer Physiker, will eine gefahrliche Verstrickung von Wissenschaft … read more
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- fiction
7. Mephisto
By: Klaus Mann , Robin Smyth
4.82
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Klaus Mann - Thomas Mann's son - wrote MEPHISTO while living in exile from the Germany of World War… read more
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8. The Devil in the Flesh
By: None , Raymond Radiguet
4.40
Format: 82 pages, Paperback
The Devil in the Flesh, one of the finest, most delicate love stories ever written, is set in Paris… read more
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9. Death in Venice
By: Thomas Mann , Michael Cunningham , Michael Henry Heim
3.74
Format: 142 pages, Paperback
The world-famous masterpiece by Nobel laureate Thomas Mann -- here in a new translation by Michael … read more
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"Nothing gladdens a writer more than a thought that can become pure feeling and a feeling that can become pure thought."-Thomas Mann, Death in Venice
"Forbearance in the face of fate, beauty constant under torture, are not merely passive. They are a positive achievement, an explicit triumph."-Thomas Mann, Death in Venice
"Denn der Mensch liebt und ehrt den Menschen , solange er ihn nicht zu beurteilen vermag, und die Sehnsucht ist ein Erzeunis mangelhafter Erkenntnis."-Thomas Mann, Death in Venice
"Solitude produces originality, bold and astonishing beauty, poetry. But solitude also produces perverseness, the disproportianate, the absurd and the forbidden."-Thomas Mann, Death in Venice
10. The White Priory Murders (Sir Henry Merrivale, #2)
By: Carter Dickson
3.66
Format: 176 pages,
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11. Alex's Adventures in Numberland
By: Alex Bellos
3.57
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
The world of maths can seem mind-boggling, irrelevant and, let's face it, boring. This groundbreaki… read more
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12. Der Besuch der alten Dame
By: Friedrich Dürrenmatt
3.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
>>Claire Zachanassian, eine amerikanische Multimillionarin, kehrt in ihr Heimatdorf Gullen zuruck, … read more
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13. Snow Falling on Cedars
By: David Guterson
3.91
Format: None pages,
Gripping, tragic, and densely atmospheric -a masterpiece of suspense-- one that leaves us shaken an… read more
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- mystery
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14. Vrenelis Gärtli
By: Tim Krohn
3.32
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Grandioses Sprachspiel und ein virtuoser Umgang mit Mythen - Tim Krohn setzt die Quatemberkinder fo… read more
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15. Le otto montagne
By: Paolo Cognetti
3.80
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Pietro e un ragazzino di citta, solitario e un po' scontroso. La madre lavora in un consultorio di … read more
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16. Der Koch
By: Martin Suter
4.50
Format: 158 pages, Hardcover
Maravan, 33, tamilischer Asylbewerber, arbeitet als Hilfskraft in einem Zurcher Sternelokal, tief u… read more
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17. Der Teufel von Mailand
By: Martin Suter
3.66
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Nach ihrer Scheidung von Frederic Forster, einem Banker aus gutem Haus, mochte Sonia nur eines: ein… read more
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18. Effi Briest
By: Theodor Fontane , Douglas Parmée
3.26
Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Telling the tragic tale of a socially advantageous but emotionally ruinous match, Theodor Fontane's… read more
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"Wir müssen verführerisch sein, sonst sind wir gar nichts."-Theodor Fontane, Effi Briest
"For they’re ’uman too, even if they are Chinese, so I suppose it’s just the same for them as it is for us."-Theodor Fontane, Effi Briest
"Warum sollte ich ihn nicht lieben? [...] Ich liebe alle, die´s gut mit mir meinen und gütig gegen mich sind und mich verwöhnen."-Theodor Fontane, Effi Briest
"Ich liebe dich ja… wie heißt es doch, wenn man einen Zweig abbricht und die Blätter abreißt? Von Herzen, mit Schmerzen, über alle Maßen."-Theodor Fontane, Effi Briest
19. Tuya
By: Claudia Piñeiro
3.76
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Un corazón dibujado con rouge, cruzado por un “te quiero” y firmado “Tuya”, le revela a Inés que su… read more
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"Yo sé bastante de mecánica, pero él no sabe que sé, porque ocuparse de los autos es una tarea de los hombres, y como decía mi mamá, el día que cambiás un cuerito, sonaste, porque ya creen que sos plo…"-Claudia Piñeiro, Tuya
20. Homo Faber
By: Max Frisch
4.19
Format: 496 pages, Paperback
Walter Faber, engineer, is a man for whom only the tangible, calculable, verifiable exists. Dubbed … read more
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21. Out
By: Natsuo Kirino , Stephen Snyder
3.95
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Natsuo Kirino's novel tells a story of random violence in the staid Tokyo suburbs, as a young mothe… read more
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"...I'm willing to march into hell if I'm following you."-Natsuo Kirino, Out
"And I'm willing to march into hell if I'm following you."-Natsuo Kirino, Out
"I'm desperate for money'. She said. And I'm willing to march into hell if I'm following you."-Natsuo Kirino, Out
"I'm desperate for money'. She said. 'And I'm willing to march into hell if I'm following you'. (Yoshie Azuma)"-Natsuo Kirino, Out
22. Tokyo Express
By: Seichō Matsumoto
3.68
Format: 175 pages, Paperback
In una cala rocciosa della baia di Hakata, i corpi di un uomo e di una donna vengono rinvenuti all’… read more
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23. What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (What If?, #2)
By: Randall Munroe
4.37
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times–bestselling author of What If? and How To provides his best answers yet to th… read more
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24. The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1)
By: Seishi Yokomizo
3.66
Format: 189 pages, Paperback
One of Japan's greatest classic murder mysteries, introducing their best loved detective, translate… read more
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"What was Kenzo's reaction to all this criticism? His approach was to stay completely silent. He made no move whatsoever to respond to any of it. And, of course, water eventually wins over fire. One b…"-Seishi Yokomizo, The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1)
25. El enigma de la habitación 622
By: Joël Dicker
3.89
Format: 696 pages, Paperback
Una noche de diciembre, un cadáver yace en el suelo de la habitación 622 del Palace de Verbier, un … read more
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"El amor no es tanto alquimia como obra del tiempo. El amor es sobre todo esfuerzo. Te deseo que te esfuerces lo bastante para amar y que te amen."-Joël Dicker, El enigma de la habitación 622
"La vida es una novela que ya sabemos cómo termina: al final el protagonista muere. Así que lo más importante no es cómo acaba nuestra historia, sino cómo vamos a llenar las páginas"-Joël Dicker, El enigma de la habitación 622
"La vida es una novela que ya sabemos cómo termina: al final el protagonista muere. Así que lo más importante no es cómo acaba nuestra historia, sino cómo vamos a llenar las páginas."-Joël Dicker, El enigma de la habitación 622
"La vida es una novela que ya sabemos cómo termina: al final el protagonista muere. Así que lo más importante no es cómo acaba nuestra historia, sino cómo vamos a llenar las páginas. Pues la vida, igu…"-Joël Dicker, El enigma de la habitación 622
26. Génie la matta
By: Inès Cagnati
4.12
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
Questo romanzo è la storia dell'amore, lancinante e assoluto, di una figlia, Marie, nata da uno stu… read more
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27. Das Paar im Kahn (Hunkeler, #3)
By: Hansjörg Schneider
3.69
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
Eine junge Türkin wird ermordet aufgefunden, ihr Gesicht ist entsetzlich zerschnitten. Offenbar hat… read more
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28. The Chinaman
By: Friedrich Glauser
3.49
Format: 186 pages, Paperback
When, in later years, Sergeant Studer told the story of the Chinaman, he called it the story of thr… read more
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29. Hunkeler und die Augen des Ödipus (Hunkeler, #8)
By: Hansjörg Schneider
3.50
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Der achte Fall des Ein havariertes Hausboot auf dem Rhein. Ein verschwundener Intendant. Ein handfe… read more
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30. Im Tal
By: Lisa Elsässer
3.25
Format: 108 pages, Hardcover
Das letzte Abendlicht wandert über die Berge, als sich die Frau auf den Weg zu einer einsam gelegen… read more
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